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a new bookclubbook?

Hi everybody.

We here in my hometown are having a little bookclub/discussiongroup in buddhism (thanks chicanobudista).
And we're searching for a new book to read.
Here's the quirks.
it got to be good reading/discussion both for new and old readers.
It got to be "sectioned in" so as it is suitable for a bookclub read.
It got to be "easy" to read.
It got to be "broad", since we're all from different "style's" and some dont like always reading "zenlitterature" och "tibetanbuddhismlitterature" as some say.

Re: a new bookclubbook?

I agree about the Batchelor - one of the most interesting books on Buddhism I've ever read.

However, if your group is hesitant about the "ism", you might want to try one of Jon Kabat-Zinn's books, such as Wherever You Go There You Are. He presents non-denominational meditation that won't offend anyone.

Re: a new bookclubbook?

I'd vote for Stephen Batchelor as well, and also Buddhism Is Not What You Think by Steve Hagen. Hagen's extraordinarily good at making difficult concepts understandable. His is a Zen perspective, but not exclusively so.

Re: a new bookclubbook?

i've read all of the above, minus crooked cucumber -- also suggest hagen's "physics" book, "how the world can be the way it is" -- isn't that what this is about? -- also, the granddaddy of them all, "the lazy man's guide to enlightenment", by thaddeus golas(80 pages) -- the latter is proof that the buddha was right, it really is possible to discover reality without "outside assistance" -- of course, he did kind of jump-start the process with a hell of a lot of lsd.(thats thaddeus, not buddha, i think)